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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987 •• PAGE 7A
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said young players
BY TED SPOONER
Imagine, actual unretouched
photographs of Toronto Maple Leaf hockey
players winning, holding, and even drink-
ing champagne from the Stanley Cup.
Impossible yob say; a dream. It's not.
Bill Harris, Leaf player from 1955-1965,
showed a slide presentation at the Lions
Young Canada Week Hockey banquet titl-
ed 'The Leafs before Ballard.'
The side show, last Thursday at the
Candlelight Restaurant, chronicled the
Leaf teams of the early 60s and the three
Stanley Cup years.63, 64 and 65.
However, it was more than pictures of ,
the team's on -ice exploits. The,show gave'
the audience a peek at life behind the
scenes.
Carl Brewer, a defenceman, with hair
posing in a ladies'. bathing suit, Bobby
Baun, nother defenceman, in an apron
barbecuing three-inch steaks at a.family
outing were someof .the images Harris,
who describes himself as more than ah
amateur photographer, amused his au-
dience with.
There was even a, chance for a little
trivia game as Harris asked the gathering
to name the people and places in the pic-
tures. One picture shows the three goalies
for TorontO cup team of 1965, Johnny
Bower, Don Simmonds, who played in the
last two games of the finals, and a rather
" young, very talented goalie who went,on to
become one of the best clutch performers
in the game. Who is it? Give up? Gerry
Cheevers„who anchored .the Boston Bruin
teams in the 70s.
In his after-dinner speech, Harris was
more serious. He told the pee wee hockey
player in attendance that it was alright to
be optimistic and to dream about playing
'in the. NHL but they must have a plan
"B"-- get an education. •
Harris said, young playes feel that when
they are 16 they have to make a decision;.
hockey or an, education. But there is
another choice, he said, hockey and an
education.
Dickie Duff, Carl Brewer, Bob Pulford
and Harris were,pioneers as athletes who
also have university degrees. Harris went
to night school, attended summer school
and took correspondence courses all
through his playing career and eventually
receieved a degree from the University of
can
oronti • ory year
combine hockey and education
Bill Harris, former Toronto Maple Leaf player•speaksto the Goderich Lions-Young:Canada
Hockey Week banquet. His slide show 'The Leafs Before Ballard' showed the Torontoleam
during its glory days. His more serious message was.that.young hockey player's can com-
•:bine.hockey• and ed'ucation.(photo ,by. Te(I,Spo.oner)
Toronto. Duff r eived • his • from the
' University of British Columbia. •
Harris played inthe ard six -team league
when there were only 120 players in the
NHL and he realizedhow difficult it was to
earn .a spot o?t one of those teams.
Since the league expancled in 1967 the
,number of players has grown to over '400
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and this, said Harris,.. gives young players
a false hope of" making .the big leagues.
You must remember more than half of the
players are either American or European.
The NHL now attracts the best players in
the world, he said. ; ••,.
Many young. players are choosing to ac-
cept U.S. 'college scolarships to play •
hockey, 'I'hey learn a lot about
get an education as IA ell:
e •Ni•
Winnipeg Jets hinericiii
a
school age p1a io tlit•ii
he said. They are .
scholarship and in
schedule is short, titre are if lore pr,,ei
and they get a chance mole 01.,,.„,!
the game. They then o Wk. 1, 1,,111 11.•
team. when the> are aldor
mature and tl)k, t, . •.-
ding in fundamental hockt:U 11
ly, unserlad •
fer scholarships. •
After Harris left the Lcaf-• ht.
around thL; league. ow for the 1.1,11:•,,;,
fled Wings, The California 11,1,11
rentember tht..;in and lo c tint 1i•
playing CLII1t'11 V1111 Hit.
Penguins.
Harris went into (.`();.wiling 11c
the Swedish National Team it
Italian national team anti code -hod.
WHA • 1 World • liockf,
reniember them lle coacher! 111.• ;
WHA alistar team that plan ed the \ t
He was also an :assistant tail 11pi,
Edm(iton Oilers? before they became .1
powerhouse.
Harris recounted one particularly funii
story' about his time ‘kitli the1 aH't)1111t
Punch linlach.would take the tean I 1,,
'play exhibition games, after tl 1:1
theStanley• Cup. One time.the
ing a two -game .series against the I ow
.,Beach Allstars in Long Beacli
They won the'first ine 1-1. 'Punch hdi.
the players they -were not it, it,
Vegas, which was only a 25 minute 111::111
iway. Punch anti Kiiij Clatio
ly left for Vegas, said itarris,
Harris and ten of los tcaninu'ites lett .;
short tine later zoo], of .eou.
caught. Punch sail hist thi.,
game each player NA, mild be fined
'cll'ah)ast,.. he said, ‘5'ati a lot of inone> tho•-i:
Kent Douglas, \‘ii.lc nint 'il'll i .
the game, scored tii.tie the :,..;:tine; 1 and
the Leafs ni6bbed him on the irc'''. pick•41
him up and carried him into the ilre,•s;
:room. .
The fans in Long lieach., said
were • scratching their head',
what all the excitement was ahout \tr1:1;
all, it was an exhibition gaint;••. - •
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GDCI junior soccer tea
sp
s first 2
A NDC1 junior soccer playertries some fancy moves on a Seaforth
defender in last Wed. action in Goderich. The junior team beat
Seaforth 3-1 hut lost to Clinton 2-0. The senior team made a fast
start to their Huron -Perth title defence with two wins over Seaforth
and Clinton.( photo by Ted Spooner)
GDCI senior Vikings begin
HP title defence with wins
The GDCI Vikings got a good start on the
defence of the Huron Perth Conference
senior boys' soccer championship by winn-
ing the first two games of the 1987 season
last week.
Playing at home Wednesday, the Vik-
ings shut out the Seaforth Golden Bears
4-0. Friday, in Clinton, the Vikes defeated
the Central Huron Redmen, 3-2,
The Viking S got all their goals in the first
half against Seaforth and then eoasted to
an easy victory over the Golden Bears.
Keeper Kevin Telford was steady when
he had to be but the Bears were seldom
able to penetrate the solid Viking defences.
Todd Graham, last season's league scor-
ing champion, scored three goals in each
of the Viking's games last week.
He opened the scoring three minutes into
the game with Seaforth after takingo post
from centre half Juergen Schulz. Aithe 15
minute mark, Graham scored on a penalty
kick. Shawn Larder made it 3-0 for the Vik-
ings on a play with midfielder Pat Frayne
and then Graham completed the scoring
afte a tin ow• -in by Bob Bar*Ick deep in
the eaf,tj
The Vikings got solid defensive efforts
from fullbacks Ian MacKinnon ;Jim
Wright, Larry Leppington and (;re k Town-
send and Greg Townsend in the second half.
as the Vikings were content to control the
ball to preserve their shutout. '
Friday, the Vikings scored the only first
half goal at the 25 minute mark when Todd
Graham beat the Clinton keeper after a
corner kick by Bob Barwick put the ball in
front of the Central Huron goal.
Graham got• his second goal 15 minutes
into the second half when he caught up to a
down -field kick by keeper Kevin Telford
and sped past the Clinton fullbacks to
score.
A penalty kick by Todd Graham for a
hand -ball violation gave the Vikings a 3-1
lead with five minutes left in the game but
Mike Verhoeff made it close again scoring
on a long run but time ran out before the
Redmen could set the equalizer.
Coach Dick Madge's Vikings played Mit-
chell here Monday...Friday they travel 'to
Listowel to tangle with the LDSS Lords.
• Last Wednesday; the . Vikings pla,, (.1i
their first seasonal ,soccer gaMe and
defeated Seaforth, 1-1.
Initially, the Vikings c•xperienecil
difficulty controlling the bail and saw -111,;
first half finish with them trailing 1•1111:1,11,
a Seaforth'penalty kick.
• In the•second half, forward Ken Webb
beat Seaforth's keeper With a light tap. to
even the stort:s. • •
Right half, Meng -Eructing folltiwed w 011
a searing shot, advancing Goderich 2 to 1
Right full tack nil Knight got the Hi-
surance goal from ell placed penall
shot, finishing the gaille V1111 VIINnItt:, .1 1,,
Seaforth's 1. , • ,
Excellent defensi‘i: and midfield
helped keep the ball away. from caid,,rivic,
• goalies Alex Ijoernie :Ind And
Last Friday, the Jr. Vikings 11 2 11,
against Clinton.
Both teams V.4'111,vrr> ivil> 111:11r1V.11
but two goal keeping errors in the
half; resulted in• the Itedinen's it
The second half saw strong olfensi
work by forwards Davenport. Dewititer.
Webb, Alcock, Teneung and Vali Nit,-
jenhuis in keeping the ball. in Clinton•-•
territory.
()Worn:, occasion when Clinton )Aie:
to penetrate the strong Viking defence
Knight, 1)ucki,sorth and Stei,,toiLd ;id
keeper 1-10ernig, in fending off 1 ho forc-
ed the unfortunate attacker Jilt() ,
goalpost. The goal was saved bit the c1i,.
ton player was carried off the field V.1111 1i
fractured knee,
On another Clinton jlfack., let,altackli•
,by keeper Hoernig not only stopped hitt
unfortunately sent the 13edinan It Si; tilt
hospital with a broken leg, so the w it 1,11
Clinton was costly
, The Vikings, under coat h Dato 1
Carpenter will be looking to ext back into
the win column this week with
against Mitchell and Listo‘vel,,
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A Seaforth defender gives chase as the QDCI junior Vikings soccer team hreake out
. their own end. The juniors heat Seaforth 3-1 last Wed. at home but lost 2-0 on the road
'Clinton. The senior team stands at 2-0 in thetr quest to repeat as Huron -Perth champions
with wins over Seaforth and Clinton.tphoto by TedSpooner)
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• 131.itssels." Those
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10t year for
worne 's games
t • . 1\ omen's games . will be
• twqr tenth anniversary , 00
:',,,.11,•12 t Centennial Stadium in
L,. T•,1 •,nto •
. • 'w•rt: initiated in 1978 to
th.tt,existed for wolnen
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• „aye eligible to compete in
ficin L'onipetition.
• , • I've for either the
• :,•••••;!...1.. spet:tators because
iiiider‘vrites the entire
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••',• • • ,,,,;;:•11 In the top three receive
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women to t;oiltirateto ex -
the activity of
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14 'in. P>ritain, the U.S. and
\peett,d to c:onipete at this
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named to Hall
of 0 \veil Sound was
i• • ,:,:t;;• i'i•hivied into the Mitchell•Catia- •
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!.• 11 .r1111111111101 1.0 enshrine those
,:1•,• ktords and deeds, have pro -
11 and 'perpetuated
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nicknanw, Mr. Brown, is a
it 1.• T.,1t 'y of devotion to rearing
itt. and rehabilitating • their
11, 1,„-, ,1it;;11:11eatieth,trout arid
•11:,•4 Ian,: bed projects and under-
, ,;;•,11: "Ilan 11)11 stream restorations.
•••1•:111.0,1 He is, involved with mini hat-
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: . • t•'•,• h 1 la Irof Fame member
'lir .11 • of John Deifenbaker and
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Maitland gears
for season
'•'N' • • I .1' itt menders at
t, • . •:2 iiitry Club have nuipped
.,•,, • ;, • , t,, !hitt'', pests and pestilence
••;1::„ ,•,1 te
.1., .:reens aco
nd urse in
hupcoming
golf season.
,14•I'l'ilers have been nut on the
•, top dressing and doing
, ••• and clean-up.
; • 1., „11, tem iig•Dinner will be held
v.,• at I; 10,
:•,11 starts May 4, the same
meeting.
! •., itoor golf programme will
N1101;41-1(1 activities.
four skaters
pass tests
I • 1. • IF .11)1 I' 1>f the Goderich,Figure
;b tstl Canadian Figure
f'n• ....Ilion tests held in Clinton
t •
:kkorlii passed quick step
t• • tom' silver dance.
1:i tests. Jason Cameron
h ‘0111z, Arny Smith passed
and .1aNyn Henry pass-
,
...11 tests are a measure of
„4,' ' „ I'ven very good
4. 1,1 • 111,41.11 champions— have had to
ta pass SOME' tests. ,
Club plays
Mitchell game
11,1.1( 11 I >uplicate Bridge Club
pitf., I itt table Mitchell game on
\ i .11 the l.enion Ilan. Average was
pomp
\ orth-South Winners
I:1 Vortta Worthy and P.K. Venki, 95;
!IA John 1),Inatis and Bill f3radley, 93'^2;
lid rat and Cathy lMcDonald, 89.
• East/West Winners
Thrte,,A DotiaW and Barb House,
.111{1 'Willie Campbell and Roy Clarke,
'td Marl. Drfrinelly and Eleanor Er-
skine, 93'
ko,